Farm-gate.



J. W.-PRIOE. FARM GATE.

PATENTED DEOJ24, 1907.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.30,1907- WIT NESSS.

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JAMES W. PRICE, OF COVINGTON, INDIANA.

FARM-GATE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed September 30. 1907- Serial No. 395,267

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES PRICE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Covington, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention more particularly refers to that type of gate known as a stock gate, which is the gate in common use for providing access to pastures, fields, and farm yards where stock of various kinds may be confined. Such gates are of simple description and are commonly built by the farmers themselves and it is the object of my inven tion to improve the construction of what is known as a standard stock gate so that it embodies the very desirable feature of being a lifting and swinging gate without adding materially to the cost of building it or requiring any more skill to build it than the common stock gate. This object I have carried out by my invention which involves only a slight addition to the common stock gate and which can be readily applied to existing gates, all as will be more fully described and shown hereinafter. I

In the drawings to which reference is made in the description Figure 1 is an elevation showing my invention as applied to the standard form of stock gate and Fig. 2 a top plan of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a section on line :1c-x Fig. 1.

The gate comprises the usual number of horizontal bars a pivotally connected together at the ends by vertical rails 1) upon both faces and intermediate rails b b on one face of the gate. At the rear end the gate is vertically adjustably secured to an upright c which is composed of three thicknesses of lumber nailed together in such manner that the middle board projects at the rear edge about one inch and provides a groove d on the inner edge into which the rear ends of the bars a are adapted to project. This upright is connected by the usual hinges to a main supporting post e and supports the gate at the rear end by means of a link f pivotally secured. near the upper rear corner of the gate and adjustably engaging with a series of notches f formed in the projecting edge of the middle board of the upright, the gate being held in sliding engagement with the upright by means of straps f secured to the lower corner of the gate and embracing the upright on the rear edges of the outer boards as shown in Fig. 3.

The front end of the gate is supported by a crane composed of a hanger g and a brace h pivotally connected respectively to the upper and lower bars adjacent to the rear rails of the gate and upon the face which has no intermediate rails. The hanger bar and brace are rigidly united together at their inner ends by nailing and by a reinforcing pl atei the point of junction being between the two intermediate rails with the hanger overreaching the brace and the intermediate rail b. The projecting end of this hanger is guided in a veritcal slot formed between the bars and a guide rail spaced therefrom and pivotally secured to the bars at its ends jointly with the rail Z).

T o the free end of the hanger g is pivotally secured the suspension bar is provided with a series of notches Z by means of which it is adapted to be adjustably engaged with a pin m secured to one of the lower bars in such manner that the gate is supported thereon at any desired angle to the ground. This suspension bar is held in engagement with the pin by being held at an angle to the vertical or if preferred by a suitable spring and its position and length is such that it may be readily disengaged from the pin from either side of the gate by using the foot of the operator if he desires to let the gate drop. As the ordinary fastening of a gate is not always reliable against the attacks of stock, 1 pro vide inaddition to such fastenings, the ground stops n which are short boards nailed to the foot of the gate post and between which the lower front corner of the gate may be engaged, it being considered the preferred way to drop the gate to the ground when the stock is to be confined.

\Vhile swinging lifting gates of the character described are old my construction makes this form of gate more available to the farmers since its simplicity and cheapness enables any ordinary skilled person to build it in a workmanlike manner and if so built the gate will be found to stand the wear and tear to which such gates are subjected and answer all the requirements of such gates even if built of common light fence boards. To facilitate its vertical adjustment, I provide at the upper rear corner a pin 0 so placed in relation to the link that when the gate is bodily lifted the link will fall away by its gravity and rest against the pin just near enough to the notches to rengage it with any other desired notch by slightly tipping the gate.

hat-I claim as my invention is 1. In a lifting and swinging gate having bars and rails pivotally connected together, the combination with a main supporting post, of a swinging hinge post on which the gate is vertically adjustably supported, a crane comprising a hanger and a brace piv otally secured to the upper and lower bars respectively adjacent to the rear edge of the gate and having their front ends rigidly united together, the hanger extending beyond the front end of the brace, a rail pivotally secured to the gate in position to form a vertical guide slot through which the front end of the hanger projects, a notched suspension bar pivotally secured to the front end of the hanger and a pin projecting from the face of one of the lower bars in position to engage with the notches of the suspension bar.

2. In a lifting and swinging gate having bars and rails pivotally connected together, the ends of the bars being connected by rails 3 on both sides of the bars, the combination 4 with a main supporting post, of a swinging hinge post on which the gate is supported vertically adjustably and formed with a vertical groove in its inner edge into which the rear ends of the bars are adapted to project, a crane composed of a hanger bar and a brace bar pivotally secured to the upper and lower bars of the gate respectively adjacent to the rails, at the rear end and extending beyond the middle of the gate, the hanger bar and brace bar being united near their inner ends with the hanger bar projecting beyond the inner end of the brace bar, a guide rail pivotally secured to the bars at its ends and form ing a vertical guide slot for the free end of the hanger bar, a suspension bar pivto ally secured to the free end of the hanger bar and provided with a series of notches and a pin secured to one of the lower bars in position to engage with the notches of the suspension bar, the latter extending downwardly towards the ground in position to be operated with the foot.

in testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES WV. PRICE. \Vitnesses:

OTTO F. BARTHEL, ANNA M. Donn 

